Thanks to all who came to Monday's Quarterly Instruction Roundtable. We had a great session about brainstorming! Kathleen Collins kickstarted the discussion by leading the group through a brainstorming session & also shared some interesting tips on idea generation from the Thinkertoys book. Personally, I cannot wait to try the paper airplane exercise...
Step 1: Have students write a topic idea on sheets of paper;
Step 2: Make the sheets of paper into airplanes;
Step 3: Students sail their ideas around the classroom;
Step 4: Each student then collects an airplane, adds an idea to the sheet, refolds & resails;
Step 5: Repeat as necessary. At the end of the exercise, everyone has a list of several ideas.
For those of you who might've missed this great discussion, fear not! There will be a roundtable at the end of winter quarter, as well.
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So many great ideas! A couple of others that I'm excited about experimenting with:
--'Silent brainstorming': students start a brainstorm around a question/concept on a sheet of paper, then pass it along to the next student for their contributions. Sounds like a great way to get discussion going with a quiet group.
--'Speed topic': students who are exploring topics get feedback from several students using a speed dating format.
--Using objects and images to facilitate brainstorming. [EK]
Sometimes it can be difficult (or expensive) to get everyone in the same place at the same time. Group on-line brainstorming games like IDEALYST (http://www.ams-inc.com/npd/idealyst.asp) have been used by many groups and organizations to break down barriers to innovation due to time, place and cost.
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